Urban Backyard Chickens : Building the Chicken Coop – Day 1

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25 Responses to Urban Backyard Chickens : Building the Chicken Coop – Day 1

  1. genghisgirl says:

    @ixchelkali Ok, he built the whole thing. But I painted!!

  2. ixchelkali says:

    Thoughts upon watching this: (1) Your dad is HELPING you build the chicken coop? Looks like he’s doing it, LOL. (2) Tell your dad the kneepads make him look more professional. (3) 70 years old is not old.

  3. malaiseguy314 says:

    Respond to this video… Anyway, I am not going to get into conspiracy theories. I have a clothe line and a compost in a part of town where they are prohibited. But I look at them as none-sense bylaws and went ahead anyway. Two years later, no problems whatsoever. I am thinking about raising chickens in the future and stumbled upon this video. All I can say is that if my municipal government tells me later that I can’t do so I’ll be the first one to challenge them.

  4. malaiseguy314 says:

    @genghisgirl I am not saying “government” doesn’t share part of the blame for the way our society is nowadays. But one needs to see past a piece of legislation like “not allowed to keep chickens in backyard” and think who had lobbied the government for it (for example, real estate companies in fear that chickens in the backyard would drive real estate prices down; corporate farmers in fear that they would have no business).

  5. genghisgirl says:

    @malaiseguy314 the government told me I can’t have chickens. oh well, good thing they don’t watch my youtube channel ;)

  6. malaiseguy314 says:

    @driller62869 The problems are not with the government. The problems lies in corporations who tell you that you can (eg. HAVE TO) buy everything from them therefor we lose our precious knowledge in sustainable living and self-reliance. If the government have any faults in it it would be allowing corporations to have their ways for so long.

  7. sunrayemomi says:

    my dad just built our urban chicken coop too, love! :D

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  8. NilsKills says:

    This is great! I’m thinking of starting something like this!

  9. robertmcfunny says:

    @genghisgirl hey my dads an engineer at diesining and at building nice ur dads great like mine

  10. genghisgirl says:

    @driller62869 Thank you! He’ll love hearing this comment.

  11. driller62869 says:

    If this country had more dads like your dad…..We would be great Americans again….No need for government handouts….and pass basic skills to younger generations.

  12. DefenderOfTheLarder says:

    Wow, that’s a bit harsh, eh. I mean, chickens are pretty benign! We are not allowed roosters in town (city limits), and I can understand the reason for that, but why you aren’t allowed hens is hard to understand. Mind you, we don’t have predators here. Does having chickens attract dangerous predators there? Is that the reason for the law? So curious, now…lol.

  13. genghisgirl says:

    @DefenderOfTheLarder Nope, we’re outlaws!

  14. DefenderOfTheLarder says:

    Are you not allowed chickens where you live? You mentioned in the video that you told the neighbours it was a rabbit hutch…lol.

  15. genghisgirl says:

    @HorseyHow2Channel I keep 5 full-size hens in there now.

  16. genghisgirl says:

    @oreoozz There’s no part 2, but if you go to my channel youtube[dot]com/genghisgirl and look at my playlists, I have a bunch of chicken videos featuring the coop. I also have a smaller “bunk bed” style coop for a newer flock of bantam chicks. Thanks for watching!!

  17. oreoozz says:

    hello, me and my mom were trying to build a coop, and love yours… i was woundering if there was a part two to this video to see hhow he finished it…. its just beautiful… thank you

  18. HorseyHow2Channel says:

    how many chickens will fit in there

  19. genghisgirl says:

    @prgarlick ha, thanks! my dad will be happy to hear it :)

  20. LoudTalkPeople says:

    @prgarlick lol that the same way i felt..
    hey i found a great site that has a step by step guide on building chicken coop
    Its pretty good.
    CHECK IT OUT!

    chickencoop123.blogspot.com/

  21. prgarlick says:

    I’ve just watched 10 chicken coop building videos and this was the most entertaining

  22. pcgamzer says:

    I am not alowed to have chickens either but i now have 7….

  23. tttbbaoz131 says:

    I want him to make me one:)

  24. JRSKICK1 says:

    nice work..

  25. genghisgirl says:

    @getsmartnow2011 It’s an approximate cube – 4 x 4 x 4 – and the roof slopes toward the back. There’s three nesting boxes inside with a shelf for roosting. You can find more pics on my blog in the chickens section. bexlife[dot]com